GodfatherND

I do volunteer work for a local charity (Bible Camp) by selling donated items on eBay. We just received a donation from an old antique store. I'm trying to sort through the items and list them as I can.

There's quite a variety, and they'll be listed with small starting prices. I should mention that I don't receive any funds; all the money goes directly to the camp organization.

dontwantaname

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soliver

Hi gang! A fellow Wooter suggested I post this as a charity suggestion for consideration (thanks KtCallista!).

My sister is runnning a triathlon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Seattle. Her goal is raise $3,900 before her event in June. She has already made it to the $2,000 mark and is looking for more support. If you can spare a donation, or a kind and supportive word, she would be most appreciative.

She is tracking her training efforts on her blog. Her latest post even highlights a woot shirt (Without Porpoise)!

kdccrosby

soliver wrote:Hi gang! A fellow Wooter suggested I post this as a charity suggestion for consideration (thanks KtCallista!).

My sister is runnning a triathlon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Seattle. Her goal is raise $3,900 before her event in June. She has already made it to the $2,000 mark and is looking for more support. If you can spare a donation, or a kind and supportive word, she would be most appreciative.

She is tracking her training efforts on her blog. Her latest post even highlights a woot shirt (Without Porpoise)!

dontwantaname

soliver wrote:Hi gang! A fellow Wooter suggested I post this as a charity suggestion for consideration (thanks KtCallista!).

My sister is runnning a triathlon for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Seattle. Her goal is raise $3,900 before her event in June. She has already made it to the $2,000 mark and is looking for more support. If you can spare a donation, or a kind and supportive word, she would be most appreciative.

She is tracking her training efforts on her blog. Her latest post even highlights a woot shirt (Without Porpoise)!

What we didn't know then was he may have been telling us goodbye. It sure looked like it when we all went back to read everything posted in all the threads that day.

If you remember ARGH, it is a good day to donate to his favorite charity!
Are you willing to take the chance that there is an afterlife that allows people to know what is happening down here?
Are you willing to have to answer to ARGH in the afterlife if you don't????
The beautiful child is 8 or 9 now. Do it for him!

Argh's sister changed her email, so I don't think there is any way to let his family know. Do it anyway!

For all you new wooters,;..you missed out on knowing one truly amazing person!
A person who would have been on probation almost every day for his pictures! Yet, he was never reported!

I'm still trying to decide if I should take the quote out of my sig line.
3 years.
Well, I'll think about it.
Maybe next year.

Oh, and that House episode....I still think it was about him. He lived in CA. The writer for House, who's child had SMA, lived in CA. You know ARGH would have been active in FSMA and they must have met.
His sister told KT (runs and hides from KT for repeating something in that email) that Argh had service dogs and really loved them.
Remember guys, that charactor came back in the next show to haunt House for killing his dog!

Just make the donation!

Than make another on the 10th.

The origional charity thread was thrown out of order. Any thread from 06 that you try to post in makes all the posts go out of order.
Unstuck in time.

Hey Alien....
WE LURV YOU! DORK!

WE LURV YOU TOO! Dork!!!
No greater love is lost than that not shared.

lplady

dontwantaname

I asked Zilla If I wanted to give money to a veteran charity, which one would he recommend.
This is what he gave me.

Luke's Wings
Source: lukeswings.orgThanks for visiting Luke's Wings to learn more about our organization. Luke’s Wings provides travel planning services and airplane tickets for the families of wounded warriors currently hospitalized at medical and rehabilitation centers all over the country.

It would be a real way to thank our veterans!

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bvillarreal

I just stayed up way past my bedtime reading this thread. How very sweet to take the time and space for this. I didn't know ARGH, but read about SMA on the web site linked. St. Jude's children's hospital, as someone else mentioned is a good charity!
Don'twantaname, I came across this article about promising research into SMA I thought you might appreciate too: http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08053044And one more charity - our local food pantry greatly appreciates donations and volunteers, as I'm sure most do - especially after the holidays, when they really are low on supplies and volunteers. You can google or bing food pantry in your city and probably find a web site where you can even donate online! Thanks for sharing these stories and charities.

jasneko

Free charities - people can click once a day and sponsors will donate money for the causes. I try to go as often as I can... I posted this in a few threads during the stop hunger with hope derby, but perhaps it could be used here by people..

I have actual charities I'd recommend too, but perhaps I'll just put these for now! With these you can take a minute a day to make a difference (it adds up!) even if money is tight, since it's free to click.

dontwantaname

bvillarreal wrote:I just stayed up way past my bedtime reading this thread. How very sweet to take the time and space for this. I didn't know ARGH, but read about SMA on the web site linked. St. Jude's children's hospital, as someone else mentioned is a good charity!
Don'twantaname, I came across this article about promising research into SMA I thought you might appreciate too: http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08053044And one more charity - our local food pantry greatly appreciates donations and volunteers, as I'm sure most do - especially after the holidays, when they really are low on supplies and volunteers. You can google or bing food pantry in your city and probably find a web site where you can even donate online! Thanks for sharing these stories and charities.

Thanks!

I know that my church collects food on the first sunday of the month. No middle man!
I bet other churches do too. So even if you don't go to church, you can drop the food off

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jasneko

Mental illness affects so many people and yet so many of these illnesses are still in the dark ages as far as treatment, stigma and support goes. It can take otherwise healthy, wonderful people - often teenagers and young adults - and put them and their families into a living nightmare for which there is no clear cure, little understanding and little help. And because of all this and more, it can be tragically fatal.

Considering the large percentage of the population that have various mental illnesses, there is a shocking lack of research, funds and awareness going towards mental illness compared to other illnesses.

Please take a moment to read more about it, or donate to either of these groups that strive to better the situation...

-------------------
NAMI - (National Alliance on Mental Illness):

www.nami.org

--At the heart of NAMI's mission is our grassroots and the sharing of information with people with mental illness, their families, friends, mental health professionals, and the general public. NAMI strives to offer hope, reform and health to our American community through support, education , and advocacy efforts. Research is constantly providing us with new information about the brain and the nature of mental illnesses and, consequently, more effective treatments.

Donate to NAMI-----------------
NARSAD (previously known as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) is a private, nonprofit group that raises money for research into mental illness.
www.narsad.org

dontwantaname

Ok, this is Shira.
Please click on the picture and give to her cause.
It is a genetic disorder that seems to run though all races and nationalities.
One of those disorders you never heard of, until someone you know gets it.

Lets find a cure for Shira!

While you are at it, don't forget ARGH's nephew.
Plus all the other's who have listed here!

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kdccrosby

...A cause that’s very important to me has a real opportunity to win $1M to help CURE Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the #1 genetic killer of young children. My sister has lost 2 sons to SMA. Please follow the link below, vote and then repost this message and help turn this $1M MIRACLE into a reality…VOTE… http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/710566 for the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation in the Chase Community Giving campaign on FB.
Thanks XOXO

This is a foundation dedicated to SMA, which has touched more peoples lives than I realized, or that it should have.

If you have FB and don't mind, please vote. The link here doesn't work, so follow these steps

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